Getting Straight in 2013
12-25-2012, 11:05 PM
#11
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Do you have the problem we have in my quilt group with flat/ flower head pins? That is the heads come off. We try to buy the yellow ones only which are stronger. I gave H my friend a needle, yes you've guessed after five minutes or more trying to thread it she discovered it was a missing head pin. Hohoho.
I would love to know where pins run off to as well. I am always buying more.
I would love to know where pins run off to as well. I am always buying more.
12-26-2012, 05:37 AM
#13
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Get in the habit of tossing every pin that is bent or dull. Why save the bad pins? This way I know when I'm getting low on good pins and can start looking for a sale.
good idea... i need to go through my pins, too. doubt that it will help my quilting though
12-27-2012, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by ube quilting
Look for or ask for silk pins with glass heads. They are very fine but sturdy and work great. cost a few pennies more but if you don't try to sew over them they should last a lifetime.
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12-27-2012, 02:43 PM
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I, too, was in the market for pins. I searched high and low for 1 3/8 " for a long time. I finally found glass ones that I love. I previously purchased longer pins so I knew they would be perfect. Both sets of glass-headed pins were by Clover - my favorite notions and needle (knitting, that is) company.
12-27-2012, 06:25 PM
#19
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Originally Posted by JustAbitCrazy
The best pins for piecing are very fine pins, because they cause minimal or no distortion. I like pins made by Clover which are .4 thick and have clear blue and yellow (in the same pkg) glass heads. Clover also makes identical pins in the .5 thickness, which is thicker, and the size commonly called "thin" by most manufacturers. Don't buy .5---buy .4 thickness. I have to buy them at quilt shows because they aren't sold locally. The closest I can get locally are flower head pins which are light blue on one side and dark blue on the other side and are .45 thick. I'll use those in a pinch, but prefer the thinner .4 thick pins. They are so fine I sew right over them---slowly---and have never broken either a pin or a needle. If you sew slowly, the needle seldom hits a pin, and if it does, it usually will just push the pin a bit. On the rare occasion that the needle does hit a pin, the pin is so fine that it just gets bent. These pins are so thin I have to remember to be gentle in placing them or they will bend slightly. They're the best!
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